[jesuiscommejesuis]

Okay I've done my resume for years but sort of need space and was wondering how to best lump everything together.

Right now, I have the credits part of my resume divided into Community Theatre and School Theatre. I have three musicals I did with a school I went to and two musicals that I did childrens ensemble in at a high school when I was like seven that are in the School Theatre section. For Community Theatre, I have 3 plays, 1 stage reading, 1 opera, and 7 musicals.

Can I lump everything under just "theatre"? Should I title it like that or just start with the resume right away? Would it be weird to keep it divided by Community and School, especially considering the next time I'll need my resume, I'll probably be doing professional auditions?

[jesuiscommejesuis]

Also, should I order the roles by best role or chronologically? Right now I'm doing sort of a mix of that.

[Matthew]

I'd lump them just into one category and by best role. I think you only separate school when you are doing shows at a university.

[MaryMag]

Because I love spreadsheets and formatting and all that crap, I'd be happy to just do it for ya, if you want to email it to me.

[BwayJuvinile]

Try not to lable anything in with school, just do one category for theatre. Also do by role size, not in order.

[MaryMag]

I have a habit of fudging out the word "School" from the name of the theater. Like, central mountain community college theater just becomes Central Mountain Theater... tee hee hee.... unless I was going to some amazing school like juilliard. Which I certainly did not.

[wicked_boy]

I was just going through my resume / CV today and it's a total mess.

I currently have the usual personal information, profesional theatre, (selected) Amatuer theatre and theatre whilst training, my headshot and a paragraph about me. It's a huge mess. :woops:

MaryMag, care to help me out? If so, I'll PM you it tommorow.

[MaryMag]

[wicked_boy]

^ Oh ok, no worries, I'll try and sort it out myself. I'll probably ask my Performing Arts teacher to do it for me!

[Beagle On Stage]

Remember that you also don't have to list everything you've ever done. Usually, roles in shows that no one's ever heard of don't tell them much. You can also lose the least professional stuff. And of course, the meatier the role, the higher the precedent (and yes, you want to start with the best roles, not chronological...these are busy people and they won't read the whole thing if you don't hook them). Obviously there are exceptions, like if something is with a REALLY great and well-known company, or premieres, etc.

I wouldn't mind having mine looked at, either, if any of you who know more about this than I are willing.

[LaurelDP]

I have my resume in chronological order.

A casting director once told me it looks pretentious when a young, fairly inexperienced performer puts roles in order of importance, unless you're a child actor.

I'm sticking with that for a while.

[benjivaudeville]

[Beagle On Stage]

[LaurelDP]

Well, more specifically he said when young performers' credits are mostly high school and youth theatre, he finds it off putting for the kids to rank their roles. Because its all pretty insignificant stuff, and kids who thought they had a right to rank the roles must think their hot shit.

It made sense when he said it. I dunno.

[MaryMag]

I've never heard the putting-roles-in-order-of-importance-being-pretenious thing. Has anyone else?

It may just be that one guy's thing. There was this one director who'd never cast a girl who had bare legs at the audition. Does that mean you should wear pantyhose to every audition you go to, just in case the CD doesn't like bare legs? Not necessarily. You can never predict the pet peeves of CDs.

And I put my roles in order of how good the company is. Now that I have some professional credits, those go at the top. Even if it's ensemble. Cuz it says something about me (locally anyway) that I worked with them.

[LaurelDP]

That could definitely be true, Marymag.

I still keep mine in chronological order for now, though. Mostly because it is mostly youth and high school shows, with a couple community college shows mixed in. And in all the shows I've been playing basically a lead or secondary lead, so I have no reason to rank them, because they're all the same.

[Beagle On Stage]

Laurel, I predict you being excellent as Jack's Mother, by the way.

[LaurelDP]

Haha I hope so! Thanks.

[blue wind]

I heard you were supposed to order your roles by lumping all of the roles played at the same theatre/with the same company together. and like listing the best theatre company first and the least well known one last?